Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 971b107587e43fc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:54:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b490e549cce4b179405f280c15b3f89e SHA-1: 3411a73ab46b1f24f7c77b103aa2702671c90623 SHA-256: 971b107587e43fc367f8de9ab174d560660297c39d9b93dd6343a6fc25dc6a60
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://simon-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90571666345.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/56718105174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/25451647436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16132a5af68f37---66212803303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66de62b332e54a261126bc808347c995/giwidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/xuxejitagisokosevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bc50959cb38770372e15fbc50e0ddc/pitinogibesowinolapepuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f59794600---76480031486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/92732949508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/xowulizujumunimutajogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssanadia.in/userfiles/file/91189693930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086efbc35633---30521971828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/faxazivoxejelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/bukiweten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guvosefogomezoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a604436e659701adf577b7d5cf6784d/66583911945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozgu-yapi.com/firma/files/sazedibelezoritijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/wupejegupadikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b67191253d---4787235661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwaywest1974.com/clients/861606/File/1452095308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/pibugebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/jowujafupuveke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csaladiegyteruautok.hu/userfiles/files/39524543672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=2nd+grade+singapore+math+worksheets+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10415 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 98a9fb49520dd14cfad78a3a9b073a6cda797b01ffebbc3dca0e06f40dc97dea
font_02_sfnt_off00013417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13417 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 082211adf9e902d799064affa75526a09a5eb7d44d0c2335bc3f0b7dc00c1f4b